Bag holder



ALEDSTROM.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, I921.

Patented Jan. 17,1922.

UNITED STATES ALBERT EDSTROM, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

BAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1'7, 1922.

Application filed April 11, 1921. Serial No. 460,169.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT EDsrRoM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to bag holders and has special reference to aspecific form of bag engaging member.

One object of the invention is to produce a novel form of such memberthat will securely hold the bag without resulting in damage thereto.

Another object is to produce such a device that will firmly hold the bagin the most desirable position possible.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the furtherdescription thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming part of this applicationin which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure'l is a perspective view of a bag holder equipped with my improvedmembers and having a bag suspended therefrom;

Figure 2 is a reduced top plan view of the holding members; and V Figure3 is an enlarged end elevation of one of the members.

1 represents a fiat base upon which the upright standards 2 are mounted,one of which standards is pivotally and resiliently mounted upon thebase, as at 3, so as to nor-- mally result in the uppermost ends of thestandards remaining in their maximum spaced relation to each other, suchconstruction being common and well known in the art and which does notform a part of my present invention.

The upper ends of each standard 2 are provided with a goose-neckattachment 4, to which is integrally formed a straight horizontallydisposed bag engaging member 5, .said member being preferably ofcomparatively thin flat form in cross section, but disposed upon itsedge vertically.

At each extreme end of the member 5 is formed an arcuately shaped lip 6disposed at right angles to the body portion of the member 5 andoutwardly in respect to a bag suspended thereupon, and just above eachlip 6 upon the extreme ends of the members 5 are formed upwardly archedprojections 7.

The arcuately shaped somewhat sharpened as at 8 upon their outermostedges for the secure holding of the upper edge of the bag withoutdamaging same, and the bag is designed to be suspended upon the lips 5,as illustrated in the drawing, when no abnormal downward stress upon thebag is anticipated when filling same. However if an additionally secureholding of the bag is desired, the upper edges thereof may be drawncompletely up and over the projection 7 upon. the ends of the bars 5which will result in a doubly secure holding of the bag.

The members 5, being perfectly straight, result in the corners of thebag when held being as nearly right angular as possible, which inpractice has proven to be the most desirable position of the bag tocause it to retain its properly supported form against a tendency tofall when being filled and which is a very important feature inconnection with a successfully operative bag holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

The combination with a straight horizontally disposed bag supporting armor" the character described, of an arcuately shaped horizontallydisposed bag engaging lip adjacent each end or" the arm and an upwardlyextending arcuately shaped cooperative bag engaging lip adjacent saidfirst mentioned lip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ALBERT EDSTROM.

Witnesses:

S. C. BRoNsoN, S. Gno. Srnvnns.

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